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Dancing with the Stars is a dance competition show airing on
ABC in the United States, and CTV/CTV Two in Canada. The show is the American
version of the British television series Strictly Come Dancing. Tom Bergeron
is the Emmy-winning host, with co-hosts Lisa Canning, Samantha Harris, and
Brooke Burke Charvet. The contestant pairs consist of a celebrity paired with
a professional dancer. Past celebrity contestants include professional and
Olympic athletes, supermodels, actors, singers, astronauts, and teen-heartthrobs.
Each couple performs predetermined dances and competes against the others for
judges' points and audience votes. The couple receiving the lowest combined
total of judges' points and audience votes is eliminated each week until only
the champion dance pair remains. In 2012, GSN picked up rerun rights to
seasons four to thirteen, but due to low ratings the network stopped airing
the show after airing for three months from January 2012 to April 2012 in two
different seasons aired mostly on weekends. However, the network still has
rights to the show. |
